When it comes to feeding time, my child can hardly contain himself. He makes a noise that is one part scared-as-hell, and one part delighted-as-all-getout. It’s the kind of noise you make in your nightmares when you need to scream to warn someone of impending danger, but can’t even get your mouth open. Just curious if anyone else is hearing these kinds of things.

The ExerSaucer. What an amazing invention.

My brother and his wife called it “The Office” and we’ve been lucky enough to get it from them second-hand.

Why do we call it “The Office” too? Because that’s where babies go to work. They can stay busy at their “desk” for about twenty blissful minutes, which gives their parents invaluable time to get stuff done. It’s far more interesting to kids than the simple Johnny Jump Up that only offers a couple of distractions. This thing has almost a dozen pieces of plastic for our baby to put into his mouth.

But does calling it “The Office” mean we’re violating some child labor law?

What child’s toy do you find indispensable for maintaining your sanity?